The Proposal Play is book three in the Love and Hockey series featuring Asher Callahan and Maeve Hartley. This book features some great mental health representation for anxiety and grief. It’s also full of really fun tropes like best friends to lovers, marriage pact/ marriage of convenience, fun with toys, body painting, and a sweet twist on she wears his jersey.

I was blessed to be granted access to an ALC and ARC by Lauren’s team, and the audiobook is wonderful. Robert Hatchett and Vanessa Edwin have stellar performances in a duet style recording (they each voice their character’s lines regardless of the perspective of the individual chapter) with heart and heat in equal measure. The beauty of Lauren’s writing is that she’s given them such great material to work with at both ends of the spectrum. The humor, the emotional connection, and the spice are all there to enjoy. Robert really brings the heat to Asher’s filthy mouth. I’m emotionally invested in this story early on, and it made it so hard to pause when life got in the way from time to time, and I found myself actually cleaning my house to give me more time to listen during the day. Now that’s a miracle. 

Thank you so much to Lauren Blakely and her team for the opportunity to review this ALC & ARC!